Mac Peer to Peer

jpp1cdjpp1cd
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in Mac Software edited January 2014
I am looking to get some software through things such as Kazaa or whatnot for my new Powerbook. What does the Mac community use for such a thing. I know of LimeWire but that program never gets any speed in downloading and it takes forever. There has got to be something better out there.

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  • Reply 1 of 17
    proud ibook owner 2k2proud ibook owner 2k2 Posts: 1,011member
    [quote]Originally posted by jpp1cd:

    <strong>I am looking to get some software through things such as Kazaa or whatnot for my new Powerbook. What does the Mac community use for such a thing. I know of LimeWire but that program never gets any speed in downloading and it takes forever. There has got to be something better out there.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Try out <a href="http://www.neo-modus.com/DirectConnect.dmg.sit"; target="_blank">Direct Connect</a>.



    While your at it visit my hub, the first Mac hosted hub: macfansanime.dyndns.org:1090. Limewire sux the big one. KaZaA sux even more. Im sure you're gonna like DC. it takes some getting used to but its a good app.



    [ 01-30-2003: Message edited by: Proud iBook Owner 2k2 ]



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  • Reply 2 of 17
    ebbyebby Posts: 3,110member
    Try this:

    <a href="http://www.neo-modus.com/DirectConnect.dmg.sit"; target="_blank">DirectConnect.dmg.sit</a>



    [ 01-30-2003: Message edited by: Ebby ]</p>
  • Reply 3 of 17
    jpp1cdjpp1cd Posts: 135member
    What does that hub thing mean? Like I said I am new to this. I love it already but have no idea what I'm doing.
  • Reply 4 of 17
    jpp1cdjpp1cd Posts: 135member
    I do not understand this Direct Connect. I don't have anything on this computer to share but I can't get anything because I don't have anything to share. Does anyone know of a channel where I can look for things to help me build up a collection? If anyone can help, please let me know.
  • Reply 5 of 17
    jpp1cdjpp1cd Posts: 135member
    Nevermind,, I figured it out sort of. Does anyone know how I go about opening a .img file on a mac? Do I just double click it cause when I do that it gives me an error 95.
  • Reply 6 of 17
    proud ibook owner 2k2proud ibook owner 2k2 Posts: 1,011member
    [quote]Originally posted by jpp1cd:

    <strong>Nevermind,, I figured it out sort of. Does anyone know how I go about opening a .img file on a mac? Do I just double click it cause when I do that it gives me an error 95.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    i think it gives you that error because its incomplete. IMGs are virtual CDs. how big is it and what is it?
  • Reply 7 of 17
    jpp1cdjpp1cd Posts: 135member
    I imagine that it might not be big enough. I don't want to say what it is as it is not really legal but it involves editing movies on a mac so that the FINAL version is CUT just like a PRO would do.



    Thanks
  • Reply 8 of 17
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    [quote]Originally posted by Proud iBook Owner 2k2:

    <strong>



    Try out <a href="http://www.neo-modus.com/DirectConnect.dmg.sit"; target="_blank">Direct Connect</a>.



    While your at it visit my hub, the first Mac hosted hub: macfansanime.dyndns.org:1090. Limewire sux the big one. KaZaA sux even more. Im sure you're gonna like DC. it takes some getting used to but its a good app.

    </strong><hr></blockquote>

    Yes Limewire sucks but how does Kazaa suck more than Limewire? Am I missing something?
  • Reply 9 of 17
    guarthoguartho Posts: 1,208member
    Anybody know how to use these things from behind a university imposed firewall? It drives me nuts cuz I hardly need more than the occasional song for my video projects but naturally 6 or 7 people download movies or something sucking up all the bandwidth so now we're all screwed.
  • Reply 10 of 17
    kwondokwondo Posts: 217member
    Just know what you are doing...been in the news where people were getting busted for downloading/sharing music on Kazaa and the likes. The ones that the iPolice have been going after were people that downloaded in the excess of 5 GB in the sme day. This news story was in the NYC metro. <img src="graemlins/surprised.gif" border="0" alt="[surprised]" />
  • Reply 11 of 17
    lil.topelil.tope Posts: 62member
    You might also want to try Acquisition <a href="http://www.xlife.org"; target="_blank">www.xlife.org</a> it works very well. Good Luck
  • Reply 12 of 17
    gsfmarkgsfmark Posts: 210member
    yeah, anyone know how to download in spite of a university firewall?! None of my file sharing programs will work here: limewire, iswipe, hotline, neo, etc...



    direct connect won't work either, is there anything I can do? i want to be able to hear new songs more often than when i go home and can use the cable modem!
  • Reply 13 of 17
    t'hain esh kelcht'hain esh kelch Posts: 1,274member
    Personally I prefer Xnap...
  • Reply 14 of 17
    der kopfder kopf Posts: 2,275member
    [quote]Originally posted by gsfmark:

    <strong>yeah, anyone know how to download in spite of a university firewall?! None of my file sharing programs will work here: limewire, iswipe, hotline, neo, etc...



    direct connect won't work either, is there anything I can do? i want to be able to hear new songs more often than when i go home and can use the cable modem!</strong><hr></blockquote>





    You might wanna have a look at Usenet. I won't even try to explain what it is, you'll have to do a google search and look around, then get a premium news service, such as Teranews or Giganews that carries the alt.binaries tree. If you go with a good service, they give you the possibility of choosing a specific port. I think teranews allows you to use port 80 for connecting to their newsservers. As this is one of the default ports for the internet (help me out here, is 80 not HTTP?) no university will block this. Only problem: you'll pay. 3 dollars one time fee when it comes to Teranews basic rate, up to 10 bucks a month or so for 8 or 10 GB a month. Giganews is considered by many to provide the best (highest retention, most completion).



    Look around, read up a bit, see if it's your cup of tea. Also, most large newsservices offer 3 day trials for no money (though you do need a credit card). And you'll need an application. I use Thoth.



    EDIT: Oh, new I saw the title of this thread again, and I have to say: this is no longer in the realm of 'peer to peer'.



    [ 02-03-2003: Message edited by: der Kopf ]</p>
  • Reply 15 of 17
    zarathustrazarathustra Posts: 264member
    Go KDX
  • Reply 16 of 17
    i am monkeyi am monkey Posts: 324member
    [quote]Originally posted by kwondo:

    <strong> The ones that the iPolice have been going after were people that downloaded in the excess of 5 GB in the sme day. This news story was in the NYC metro. <img src="graemlins/surprised.gif" border="0" alt="[surprised]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>



    Put it in perspective, 5 GB is a lot of downloading in one day. I wouldn't be surprised if you managed that everyday that ISPs wouldn't take notice.
  • Reply 17 of 17
    utmostutmost Posts: 15member
    As far as getting around university firewalls go, you might look into something called "port tunneling". Basically, you take the limewire port (I don't know what it is), but tunnel all the data through the HTTP port (or anything else you know the university doesn't block). I've got the same problem here. Look around on MacOS X Hints for some details as to how to go about this.



    Another thought had occurred to me as well. I notice I get extremely fast and responsive speeds over the internet when connected to other universities. I thought maybe I could rig a proxy server through another university to make it look like all my data is going through there... perhaps someone can detail the feasaibility of this for me. I had heard something mentioned about an "Internet-2" that exists between universities that might account for this.
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